Re: [OSM-talk] Changed highway=*_link meaning?!

2010-06-23 Thread Tom Hughes
user has the right to change it. This is OSM so there is no executive in charge of road tagging that is going to come along and declare the edit officially wrong and revert it for you. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for OpenStreetMap support

2010-06-23 Thread Tom Hughes
demand for it. Let's do it ! Any links to previous discussions on that topic ? I think that improving user support beyond mailing-lists discussions is important for OSM's growth and I'm willing to help with that project. Well actually osqa is what we had been considering. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for OpenStreetMap support

2010-06-23 Thread Tom Hughes
server to put it on and find some time. Maybe I'll do it at the hack weekend. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Tom Hughes
setting up an OSM specific QA site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use something that is intended to be more general. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Big sponsors

2010-06-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/06/10 02:45, Anthony wrote: OTRS? Sucks big time... It's massively over-complicated for any sort of end user use. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Q: Is OSM interested in neighborhood and regional boundaries for L.A.?

2010-06-16 Thread Tom Hughes
that matter if the boundaries are essentially guesswork inventions anyway? It sounds like these aren't any sort of officially defined areas, but more the kind of fluid local names for approximate areas. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org down

2010-06-15 Thread Tom Hughes
? We had to wait for Adaptec to start work - Grant is holding on the phone to their support people right now. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] legal-talk mailing list archive is broken

2010-06-08 Thread Tom Hughes
us to remove something - that requires a rebuild of the archive. Specifically in this case I think Richard had forwarded an email sent to the list owner to the list, and the author of the email objected and asked for it to be removed. Can it be fixed? Nope. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [OSM-talk] How can we spread the tribal knowledge?

2010-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
already have too many and that any attempt add more without doing something about the layout is going to have a hard time getting merged. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] How can we spread the tribal knowledge?

2010-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
-- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] How can we spread the tribal knowledge?

2010-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
the logo would no longer be needed - this would be moved to the landing tab. Removing the blurb certainly helps, though that only appears when you aren't logged in anyway. I like it. I don't. We need to be radical, not just fiddle with the details. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed human readable contributor terms

2010-05-14 Thread Tom Hughes
that we're making a change, or that attribution is handled differently - they just need to know how things work now, not how they used to work. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed human readable contributor terms

2010-05-14 Thread Tom Hughes
but rather that we don't need to mention that it's a change because a new user has no knowledge of previous arrangements. In other words the first sentence of the last paragraph is not needed for a new user. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] skobbler OSM bug backchannel

2010-05-14 Thread Tom Hughes
feed for a particular area. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] New users have to sign up to the ODbL

2010-05-13 Thread Tom Hughes
On 13/05/10 04:39, MP wrote: Some way to override Accept-language (without having to login) would be nice. We know - the only reason it hasn't been done yet is that I haven't found any space in the UI for the necessary link/button. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] New OSM contributor licensing under ODbL and CC-BY-SA started today

2010-05-12 Thread Tom Hughes
the next paragraph which constrains what they can do with it? Yes, it is a bit weird to say we'll have everything and then in the next paragraph but we'll only do this with it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ legal-talk mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-11 Thread Tom Hughes
but simply that if you exercise your right to view it then you're likely to be shown a paper version. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-11 Thread Tom Hughes
) was agreeing to sort out the derived data issues so there should be something happening. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Ward Boundaries

2010-05-04 Thread Tom Hughes
in the same way the VMD release was not announced. The version on http://os.openstreetmap.org/data is the new one with both the 2009 and 2010 data in. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [OSM-talk] visitor counter in wiki vanished

2010-05-03 Thread Tom Hughes
. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] VectorMap District tomorrow (29th)

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Hughes
On 29/04/10 09:15, Tom Taylor wrote: Seems to be live now (at the bottom): https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html Yes - I am currently downloading all the files to the dev server. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] VectorMap District tomorrow (29th)

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Hughes
On 29/04/10 11:28, Emilie Laffray wrote: On 29 April 2010 09:26, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu mailto:t...@compton.nu wrote: On 29/04/10 09:15, Tom Taylor wrote: Seems to be live now (at the bottom): https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundaries

2010-04-19 Thread Tom Hughes
on improving county boundaries might be a good place to start. Ideally they also need to be done as relations and share ways with adjacent ones. Indeed it would be good if they shared ways with any existing features (such as rivers) where appropriate... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/04/10 11:11, Ed Avis wrote: Tom Hughest...@... writes: Sorry, replied to the wrong list... Which list has this endlessly fascinating postbox discussion? The uk-government-data-developers list. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Hughes
/euvr_QbtL--?m Which just happens to be the location of the local delivery office ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Hughes
On 13/04/10 09:57, Tom Hughes wrote: On 13/04/10 09:49, Roger Slevin wrote: I can assure you there are postcodes which represent postboxes which is why Codepoint has a flag for them - but this quite important flag is not present in Codepoint Open. The PO Box number is something completely

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
necessary to make JOSM work. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
. It looks horribly complicated to setup though. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
a set of large tiffs in OSGB projection which would have to be chopped up into tiles. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Strange OS choices

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
mention. I can't imagine anybody much was buying it to be honest. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] broken street names

2010-04-05 Thread Tom Hughes
On 05/04/10 16:51, Valent Turkovic wrote: is there a way to fix broken and hard to read street names. Look at the example: http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/914/lom.jpg This is the area in question: http://osm.org/go/0KJwbdSx Sure - improve mapnik's rendering engine ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-05 Thread Tom Hughes
of the roads in Harlow exist but are unnamed because nobody has taken up the baton. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Hughes
, and walking the streets is at least half the fun of OSM! As Andy says, I say we start with getting boundary data fixed up from Boundary Line and then look at Vector Map District in a month's time and decide what the next step is. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Hughes
. Bit like osm.org really. There is a viewer on the OS web site (when you can get in). Obviously we will need to set up WMS or something for tracing of certain layers as well. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-03-31 Thread Tom Hughes
-- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM coverage

2010-03-29 Thread Tom Hughes
, although it does have green signs. Have you merged trunk and primary? That user was correct - in OSM we use highway=trunk for all primary A roads (those with green signs) and highway=primary for all other A roads (those wth white signs). This is documented in many places in he wiki. Tom -- Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] Moving to Java 1.6 not so easy to swallow

2010-03-24 Thread Tom Hughes
experience.) I've been running JOSM under OpenJDK on linux for a considerable period now with no problems at all. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Preferred Languages on https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/putusernamehere/account

2010-03-19 Thread Tom Hughes
password to change your email address. The only time you need to provide passwords on that page is when you want to change your password. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Preferred Languages on https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/putusernamehere/account

2010-03-19 Thread Tom Hughes
. Alternatively there was be something we can do in the page - are there any sort of standards that browsers adhere to about particular classes or names on the fields? It doesn't happen for me in FF by the way, but I am using LastPass rather than the built-in password manager. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [OSM-talk] Preferred Languages on https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/putusernamehere/account

2010-03-17 Thread Tom Hughes
is that your browser filled in the first password automatically and it then thought you were trying to change the password and complained that the two passwords were not the same. None of which has any bearing on the language - if it accepts the changes then he language will be changed. Tom -- Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] offer of 20m contour data

2010-03-17 Thread Tom Hughes
the SRTM dataset directly. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Getting 403-Forbidden from my app that WAS on sale on the appstore

2010-03-16 Thread Tom Hughes
for offline usage on the IPhone). In fact I've mentioned my application in a previous post here... The api map call is for editors, not for downloading data for large numbers of end users to use for routing etc. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Getting 403-Forbidden from my app that WAS on sale onthe appstore

2010-03-16 Thread Tom Hughes
talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Getting 403-Forbidden from my app that WAS on sale onthe appstore

2010-03-16 Thread Tom Hughes
of an editing cycle where you are fetching data with the intention of changing it rather than just in order to use it in a read only way. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Static map API is currently down

2010-03-15 Thread Tom Hughes
On 15/03/10 20:42, Michal Migurski wrote: I'm getting CGI errors here: http://pafciu17.dev.openstreetmap.org Should be fixed now. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] GSoC'10

2010-03-11 Thread Tom Hughes
something a good idea... Basically he's suggesting replacing our current freeform tagging with some complicated system of rules and ontologies. It's completely not the osm way and isn't going to fly. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Student Project Ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Tom Hughes
of Writing Reports? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Student Project Ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Tom Hughes
of a solution - many optimisations would be needed if it was to be implemented for real. Does that sound worthy? Yes, which is why somebody is already working on it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Student Project Ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Tom Hughes
using 1.0? If there are features to add, then these could be potential projects? It's in the wiki somewhere but I don't think there's anything very useful or helpful there. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Student Project Ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Tom Hughes
and implement on their own. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps

2010-03-08 Thread Tom Hughes
the 11 diverges from 1 somewhere and goes to Stansted rather than Cambridge? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Map export broken in IE/Opera

2010-03-06 Thread Tom Hughes
On 06/03/10 06:39, Andrew Gregory wrote: Exporting from the OSM slippymap. The options are not visible for either of the image options nor the HTML option. Looks OK in Firefox and Safari. Is this a good enough place to report this problem, Yes - http://trac.openstreetmap.org/. Tom -- Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] Map export broken in IE/Opera

2010-03-06 Thread Tom Hughes
On 06/03/10 10:06, Tom Hughes wrote: On 06/03/10 06:39, Andrew Gregory wrote: Exporting from the OSM slippymap. The options are not visible for either of the image options nor the HTML option. Looks OK in Firefox and Safari. Is this a good enough place to report this problem, Yes - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Pronouncing numbers of UK roads

2010-03-05 Thread Tom Hughes
= the Fosse Clearly you've mistaken it for the A429 then ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer

2010-03-04 Thread Tom Hughes
road references are nationally unique. It seems both plausible and implausible at the same time. I don't believe they are - in fact each authority has it's own numbering scheme for such roads. Some just use Cxxx, some use Cxxx and Dxxx, some use Uxxx and so on. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [OSM-talk] When will bots be removed from history?

2010-02-28 Thread Tom Hughes
to enforce with bots. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] will walkingpapers printed on black and white work?

2010-02-27 Thread Tom Hughes
don't really handle the complex postscript of PDF at all. The PDF that a scanner produces will normally just contain a big embedded bitmap image. No idea how easy that is to extract though. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-24 Thread Tom Hughes
post box or fast food joint. I completely disagree. We're running a project to map the world, not a project to provide an end user site to compete with google maps. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-23 Thread Tom Hughes
the next morning where I attempted to be more constructive? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-23 Thread Tom Hughes
On 23/02/10 21:46, SteveC wrote: On Feb 23, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: Did you read the long blog post I wrote the next morning where I attempted to be more constructive? No, sorry Tom, where was that? http://compton.nu/2010/02/redesigning-the-openstreetmap-web-site/ Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] Thoughts on OSM design, and looking forward and back

2010-02-23 Thread Tom Hughes
taken not to do it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] OSM front page design concept

2010-02-21 Thread Tom Hughes
Fred misunderstood as well. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] OSM front page design concept

2010-02-21 Thread Tom Hughes
-- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM front page design concept

2010-02-21 Thread Tom Hughes
to be such a complete shit all the time? I honestly wouldn't blame Richard if he deleted all his code and walked off into the sunset and we never saw him again after that pointless little diatribe. I do help it made you feel better. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Should roads be connected to all types of crossing ways?

2010-02-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/02/10 16:38, Tom Hughes wrote: Boundaries, being virtual things rather than real physical entities are normally connected to physical things which cross them. That should say not normally connected of course... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] can't print from wiki

2010-02-02 Thread Tom Hughes
move to the new server as mediawiki will be upgraded at that point. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25k update

2010-01-20 Thread Tom Hughes
to use is documented clearly in the wiki. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam in the diaries

2010-01-14 Thread Tom Hughes
of sanitize and linkify? But I really have no good idea. Because those links came from the user - ie they entered a tags directly. It's only links that we generate (by spotting URLs in the text) that get the rel=nofollow treatment. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25000 out of copyright maps and WMS url

2010-01-13 Thread Tom Hughes
all documented on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Provisional/First_Edition#Use Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [OSM-talk] Site www.freietonne.de spamming in OSM ?

2010-01-06 Thread Tom Hughes
-- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Why doesn't OSM implement a simple measure to protect it's users and passwords?

2009-12-22 Thread Tom Hughes
Google. I don't think I'm cced on that ticket so I hadn't seen that, but we were planning to get a wildcard certificate anyway. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] last london pub meetup of the year

2009-12-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/12/09 22:03, Matt Amos wrote: the wiki currently has the meetup set for the john snow on tuesday[1]. how do people feel about moving that to wednesday? Definitely not for me as I shall be in Somerset by then. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data to be free in 2010 - well not exactly.....

2009-12-09 Thread Tom Hughes
wrote the government press release assume that the OS had the data and could be made to release it but that one of the things the consultation will establish is that they don't/can't. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] New OpenStreetMap iPhone Editor - Mapzen POI Collector

2009-12-07 Thread Tom Hughes
if that would be a replication on the Postres level or on the application level. Well TRAPI already exists for the purpose of providing efficient read only access to the data for an area. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Full Database dump request - forking possible Was: [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-06 Thread Tom Hughes
already said they're going to, so your request is basically pointless, but I'm not an OSMF board member or LWG member so I don't know why you're including me in your request. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Tom Hughes
the result, this will not have been made by enough people to be accepted as valid. Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Tom Hughes
On 05/12/09 22:44, Ulf Lamping wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010

Re: [OSM-talk] Offline Dump of the Wiki

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
users without also having to handle that. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Offline Dump of the Wiki

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
On 17/11/09 09:27, Lester Caine wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: Please do not do anything as daft as trying to mirror the wiki with wget. The poor machine can barely cope with serving real users without also having to handle that. What database is the wiki running on? My own sites I simply have

Re: [OSM-talk] Offline Dump of the Wiki

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
publish dumps made that way. The raw database definitely does have sensitive information so can't be made available as is. I can't for the life of me think what sort of research would require a copy of the wiki though. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM wiki autoconfirm settings

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
On 17/11/09 12:21, Kate wrote: For the OSM wiki, what are the settings for: * $wgAutoConfirmCount * $wgAutoConfirmAge I imagine they are whatever they default to... Certainly they don't seem to appear in LocalSettings. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
... This is interesting though: Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use... Do OS even have an (unencumbered) data set for postcode areas? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] SPAM-User bremeninsider

2009-11-14 Thread Tom Hughes
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow Patches, as always, are welcome. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] SPAM-User bremeninsider

2009-11-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/11/09 13:12, Peter Herison wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: On 14/11/09 11:53, Peter Herison wrote: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=45959 http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/bremeninsider/diary This userpage is advertising different hotels, hotelgroups or hotel reservation

Re: [Talk-GB] Trunk roads

2009-11-13 Thread Tom Hughes
from DfT a few years back. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] ODBL enforcement: contract law and remedies

2009-10-28 Thread Tom Hughes
data so we can sue them and see if CC works? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] ODBL enforcement: contract law and remedies

2009-10-27 Thread Tom Hughes
;-) Yes, I know that the whole question of whether those terms are binding in contract law given the lack of explicit acceptance is an open one but it certainly hasn't stopped them trying. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] data.os

2009-10-24 Thread Tom Hughes
, no ;-) The actually boundaries are still locked up however so it's not very useful as it's just a hierarchical list of authorities. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal for a map-bug tracker (Openstreetbugs)

2009-10-09 Thread Tom Hughes
hard - the person that was working on it kind of shot off on a tangent from the original idea. It's also pretty old now so way out of sync with the main code. I should delete it really. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [OSM-talk] Flickr Now Supports OSM Tags

2009-09-29 Thread Tom Hughes
complicated objects. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Terms of use for OSM tiles and API?

2009-09-29 Thread Tom Hughes
on commercial/non-commercial? Bandwidth required? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Flickr Now Supports OSM Tags

2009-09-29 Thread Tom Hughes
- just because somebody has asked for something doesn't mean it should be done and if a newbie just turns up and starts implementing features that somebody somewhere once requested there is every chance that they will get dispirited when their enhancements are then turned down. Tom -- Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

2009-09-25 Thread Tom Hughes
work and infected by their copyright etc. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

2009-09-25 Thread Tom Hughes
it largely doesn't matter to them whether they derive things from it (well at least until they try and overlay that data on a google map and get nastygrams from the OS). Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Map scale

2009-09-22 Thread Tom Hughes
On 22/09/09 03:44, Andrew Errington wrote: I'm pretty sure there used to be a scale on the map[1] in the lower left corner. Yesterday I noticed it was no longer there. Correct see http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1704 for the reasons. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [OSM-talk] Map scale

2009-09-22 Thread Tom Hughes
need to change as you slip the map north and south? Exactly. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
his account, not his IP address. ***PLEASE*** PULL THE PLUG ON HIM! I have repeatedly stated that I am not prepared to block people on my own. Get the DWG to order him blocked and I will happily do so. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/09/09 11:26, David Earl wrote: On 18/09/2009 10:53, Tom Hughes wrote: On 18/09/09 10:33, David Earl wrote: ***PLEASE*** PULL THE PLUG ON HIM! I have repeatedly stated that I am not prepared to block people on my own. Get the DWG to order him blocked and I will happily do so. How

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
the code to enforce such a block then we'd have that option. It sounds like an interesting option to have. Matt is working on some stuff along those lines at the moment I believe, which is what I was alluding to in my earlier message. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread Tom Hughes
they have drawn on it (many of which post date 1956 presumably) but if they have only used that old map in doing so then there is no derivation problem. Of course like you I'm not sure, from a practical point of view, how you would make use of that. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

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